Eddie Murphy excited’; Daniel Craig talkative’

GOSSIP LIZ SMITH

Liz Smith

‘Mister President, this is your moment. We’re ready to be led,” said the Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner.

Here’s Gail Collins in The New York Times after the Democrats won the election. “By the end, it sounded as if the only cliff-avoidance John Boehner was really interested in was one that raised new revenue through fewer loopholes and lower rates for all.”

She continued: “We have already seen that plan. It was proposed by a man who, on Tuesday, lost the state in which he was born, the state in which he was governor, and the three states in which he owns houses. ... The only candidate for president who lost his home state by a larger margin than Mitt Romney was John Fremont in 1856. And Fremont was coming out of a campaign in which the opposition accused him of being a cannibal.”

I guess the GOP, although it lost everything and should be much chastened, doesn’t really believe it has lost yet. Maybe they’ll put Mitt Romney back up in 2016. Maybe they’ll recruit a lot of older white guys from all over the world to fill up their dwindling ranks.

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When Eddie Murphy stops in at L.A.’s Coffee Bean on Beverly Drive, he is often accompanied by his gorgeous girlfriend, model Paige Butcher. But Eddie doesn’t just sip coffee and gaze meaningfully into Paige’s eyes. He often engages and encourages the other customers into discussions on politics and world affairs. He leans toward the right, but is knowledgeable, polite and humorous. He’s a deep thinker!

On the professional side, Eddie is excited about a fourth “Beverly Hills Cop” movie. This has been in “deep planning” at Paramount. (As opposed to shallow planning?) The first “BHC” movies were released in 1984, ’87 and ’94.

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Daniel Craig is known to be a sometimes intimidating interview subject. However, Erik Hedegaard caught the star of “Skyfall” in a more jocular, relaxed mood for Rolling Stone. When Hedegaard asks if Daniel ever Googles himself, he says: “I don’t, I mean, I really try not to. I really truly try. But then I can’t help myself and I disappear up my own a-- and that starts a whole cycle where I gotta look. I mean, I could probably put a lock on the computer, but, yeah, anyway, it’s a sickness. But that’s it. Except for maybe I’ll look up some porn, occasionally. Hey, I’m only human.”

Indeed! Not so human, however, that he’d reveal his favorite porn site. Gotta retain some mystery.